Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - NNDSS

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 1, March 2002 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 24,853 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 October and 31 December 2001 (Table 2).

Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction, 1 October to 31 December 2001

Disease

Data received from:*

Bloodborne diseases

Hepatitis B (incident)

All jurisdictions

Hepatitis B (unspecified)

All jurisdiction, except NT

Hepatitis C (incident)

All jurisdictions except Queensland

Hepatitis C (unspecified)

All jurisdictions

Hepatitis D

All jurisdictions

Gastrointestinal diseases

Botulism

All jurisdictions

Campylobacteriosis

All jurisdictions except NSW

Cryptosporidiosis

All jurisdictions

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

All jurisdictions

Hepatitis A

All jurisdictions

Hepatitis E

All jurisdictions

Listeriosis

All jurisdictions

Salmonellosis

All jurisdictions

Shigellosis

All jurisdictions

SLTEC,VTEC

All jurisdictions

Typhoid

All jurisdictions

Quarantinable

Cholera

All jurisdictions

Plague

All jurisdictions

Rabies

All jurisdictions

Viral haemorrhagic fever

All jurisdictions

Yellow fever

All jurisdictions

Sexually transmissible diseases

Chlamydial infection

All jurisdictions

Donovanosis

All jurisdictions except SA

Gonococcal infection

All jurisdictions

Syphilis

All jurisdictions

Vaccine preventable diseases

Diphtheria

All jurisdictions

Haemophilus influenzae type b

All jurisdictions

Influenza

All jurisdictions

Measles

All jurisdictions

Mumps

All jurisdictions

Pertussis

All jurisdictions

Pneumococcal disease

All jurisdictions

Poliomyelitis

All jurisdictions

Rubella

All jurisdictions

Tetanus

All jurisdictions

Vectorborne diseases

Arbovirus infection NEC

All jurisdictions

Barmah Forest virus infection

All jurisdictions

Dengue

All jurisdictions

Japanese encephalitis

All jurisdictions

Kunjin

All jurisdictions except ACT†

Malaria

All jurisdictions

Murray Valley encephalitis

All jurisdictions†

Ross River virus infection

All jurisdictions

Zoonoses

Anthrax

All jurisdictions except SA

Australian bat lyssavirus

All jurisdictions

Brucellosis

All jurisdictions

Leptospirosis

All jurisdictions

Ornithosis

All jurisdictions

Other lyssaviruses (NEC)

All jurisdictions

Q fever

All jurisdictions

Other diseases

Legionellosis

All jurisdictions

Leprosy

All jurisdictions

Meningococcal infection

All jurisdictions

Tuberculosis

All jurisdictions

* Jurisdictions not yet reporting on diseases either because legislation has not yet made some diseases notifiable in that jurisdiction or data are not yet being reported to the Commonwealth
† In the Australian Capital Territory, infections with Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis

Top of pageTable 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2001, by date of notification*

Disease

ACT

NSW

NT

Qld

SA

Tas

Vic

WA

Total 4th quarter 20011

Total 3rd quarter 20011

Total 4th quarter 20001

Last five years mean 4th quarter

Year to date 2001

Last 5 years YTD mean

Ratio†

Bloodborne diseases

Hepatitis B (incident)

0

25

1

7

6

2

23

8

72

116

83

67

402

289

1.1

Hepatitis B (unspecified)

12

1,021

NN

170

60

2

484

86

1,835

2,333

2,003

1,696

8,141

7,137

1.1

Hepatitis C (incident)

2

28

0

NN

15

0

5

41

91

137

99

77

536

266

1.2

Hepatitis C (unspecified)

57

1,177

55

713

139

89

1,297

200

3,727

4,129

4,491

4,267

15,898

17,813

0.9

Hepatitis D

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

4

3

12

7

21

18

0.6

Gastrointestinal diseases

Botulism

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

1

0.0

Campylobacteriosis2

116

-

63

1,016

928

231

1,532

807

4,693

4,214

3,748

3,693

16,062

12,675

1.3

Cryptosporidiosis‡

0

54

42

151

12

61

76

49

445

243

232

N/A

1,612

N/A

N/A

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

8

4

5

11

0.2

Hepatitis A

6

79

5

24

6

1

25

9

155

150

131

372

530

1,999

0.4

Hepatitis E

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

3

1

10

5

0.7

Listeriosis

0

3

0

5

1

0

2

3

14

15

16

15

62

65

0.9

Salmonellosis

22

435

95

628

158

33

275

179

1,825

1,189

1,543

1,632

7,075

6,732

1.1

Shigellosis

1

18

21

25

8

0

17

27

117

132

122

149

564

620

0.8

SLTEC,VTEC3

0

0

0

4

5

0

0

2

11

7

6

7

46

23

1.5

Typhoid

0

7

0

3

1

0

3

1

15

20

12

15

79

71

1.0

Quarantinable diseases

Cholera

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

3

3

0.0

Plague

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

Rabies

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

Viral haemorrhagic fever

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

Yellow fever

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

Sexually transmissible diseases

Chlamydial infection

80

1,024

314

1,324

347

88

1,053

680

4,910

5,066

4,413

3,042

20,052

11,991

1.6

Donovanosis

0

0

2

2

NN

0

0

2

6

10

2

6

29

31

1.0

Gonococcal infection4

3

320

374

226

27

6

207

376

1,539

1,583

1,137

1,191

6,371

5,123

1.3

Syphilis5

6

135

120

14

6

7

1

35

324

352

439

384

1,320

1,655

0.8

Vaccine preventable diseases

Diphtheria

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.0

Haemophilus influenzae type b

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

4

7

8

25

41

0.2

Influenza‡

3

40

32

34

34

0

10

47

200

1,005

55

N/A

1,317

N/A

N/A

Measles

1

2

0

1

1

0

22

10

37

16

26

116

139

393

0.3

Mumps

0

7

0

0

2

0

0

4

13

19

35

37

112

179

0.4

Pertussis

15

1,336

70

695

570

45

351

128

3,210

3,028

1,846

2,250

9,339

6,281

1.4

Pneumococcal disease‡

3

105

20

79

25

19

94

43

388

651

164

N/A

1,622

N/A

N/A

Rubella6

1

13

0

44

3

0

13

1

75

70

142

321

258

1,078

0.2

Tetanus

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

2

0

3

2

3

5

1.3

Vectorborne diseases

Arbovirus infection NEC

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

3

9

37

54

0.0

Barmah Forest virus infection

0

51

0

91

0

0

3

14

159

140

172

124

1,138

674

1.3

Dengue

1

13

3

3

0

0

2

4

26

47

11

70

180

231

0.4

Japanese encephalitis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

Kunjin virus infection

-

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

2

N/A

N/A

Malaria

0

40

11

52

4

1

14

8

130

160

176

146

698

789

0.9

Murray Valley encephalitis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

3

N/A

N/A

Ross River virus infection

0

35

12

94

14

1

7

21

184

160

514

530

3,223

5,250

0.3

Zoonoses

Anthrax‡

0

0

0

0

NN

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

Australian bat lyssavirus‡

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

Brucellosis

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

4

4

10

13

19

40

0.3

Leptospirosis

0

12

3

9

1

2

14

1

42

41

65

56

240

220

0.7

Other lyssavirus‡

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

N/A

Ornithosis

1

9

0

0

6

0

18

3

0

25

40

28

131

74

0.0

Q fever

0

39

0

99

5

0

6

6

155

141

146

139

671

559

1.1

Other bacterial infections

Legionellosis

0

16

1

6

14

0

22

17

76

60

85

66

292

268

1.1

Leprosy

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

4

7

0.7

Meningococcal infection

0

30

3

34

18

9

40

14

148

242

168

130

672

509

1.1

Tuberculosis

3

73

4

6

2

2

77

12

179

241

259

252

887

991

0.7

Total

333

6,149

1,251

5,563

2,419

599

5,701

2,838

24,853

25,767

22,430

20,927

99,833

84,170

1.2

1. Totals comprise data from all States and Territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
2. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Includes congenital syphilis.
6. Includes congenital rubella.
* Date of notification = a composite of three dates: (i) the true onset date from a clinician, if available, (ii) the date the laboratory test was ordered, or (iii) the date reported to the public health authority.
† Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of the same reporting period in last 5 years calculated as described above.
‡ Notifiable from January 2001 only.
NA Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.
NN Not Notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 1, March 2002